Day One: How to take a photo

Happy April! Let National Poetry Writing Month begin!

Challenge 1: “Write poems that provide the reader with instructions on how to do something.”

First I thought to write a poem about how to write a poem but that seemed too obvious so I decided to write about the other thing I know nothing about – just feel – but do it anyway: photography.

How to take a photo  

 You need magic all around  
 and eyes to see it,
 the camera comes last.

 In theory you could also remember  
 and write about it
 since cameras lie.

 That’s what they used to do
 in the past
 without blogs and tools.

 They wrote poems and books
 or merely diaries,
 and painted.  
 
After all, by the sound of it
 the camera must be related
 to Chimera,  

 “a fire-breathing hybrid creature,  
 composed of the parts  
 of more than one animal.” 

 So now the camera is on the lookout
 for these creatures,
 for anything that stirs,

 and you are its servant,
 master or friend.
 You decide.

 Watch out for sudden moves,
 abnormalities,
 magic.

 But above all
 follow the light.
 The light never lies.
 
Easier said than done,
 but I did it.
 It led to Italy. 

In the photo part, I welcome you to the last three days in the Monteverde district of Rome where spring is going crazy.

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For Day 1 of NaPoWriMo